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Re: Some Lego buying stats
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Tue, 5 Jun 2001 22:11:15 GMT
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Frank Filz wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Duane Hess writes:
> > In lugnet.general, David Eaton writes:
> > > I was curious just a bit ago about how much I spend on Lego per year, and
> > > how quickly I acquired Lego-- So using semi-rough guesses on my collection
> > > based on year, I found:
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> > > Childhood: 1,425 pieces per year =~ $150 per year
> > > Dark Ages: 0 pieces per year = $0 per year!
> > > College: 5,363 pieces per year =~ $600 per year
> > > Out of College: 32,647 pieces per year =~ $4,000 per year
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> >
> > >
> > > Anyway, I'm really just rambling with very little hard data whatsoever-- I
> > > could be *WAY* off, I dunno... Does anyone out there have some more
> > > realistic numbers to toy with?
> > >
> > > DaveE
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> > I don't have a piece breakdown (yet), but I do have a dollar breakdown...
> > 1983 - $85
> > 1984 - $275
> > 1985 - $200
> > 1986 - $175
> > 1987 - $200
> > 1988 - $200
> > 1989 - $125
> > 1990 - $35
> > 1991 - $125
> > 1992 - $150
> > 1993 - $425
> > 1994 - $150
> > 1995 - $150
> > 1996 - $350
> > 1997 - $150
> > 1998 - $250
> > 1999 - $575
> > 2000 - $725
> > 2001 - $125 to date
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> > Total - $4,470
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> > Not a staggering amount, but not insignificant either. It's interesting to
> > see the drop in 1990 (more of a grey age, not really a dark age) and the
> > slump around '94-'95 (Juniorization). Interesting data for TLC to look at...
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> I need to do a breakdown at some point, but it scares me. I've got somewhere in
> the 300-500k pieces rance, acquired over 2.5 years so far...
Ditto on the scary part - I know I have well over 500K pieces (99% bought in the
last 3 years), which is why I am Ebaying off a ton of sets/parts over the next few
months, and Brickbaying off a few 10K of new bricks - to make ROOM so that I can
sort the rest and sell off a ton more.
My goal is to cut my collection in HALF by the end of the year, so I can fit it all
in one big room (exc for the display models out front), and actually KNOW what I
have, so I only buy what I need in order to build my train layout (which is the
other reason I need ROOM).
I refuse to even try to total up what I've spent in the last 3 years, it's got to
be over $40K, and that's just not healthy (OK, I've made back probably 1/3 of that
or more selling off parts/sets, but still).
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| Hi guys, Just like to know what is the conditions of living in US. For example, what amount an engineer (a common one, say a mechanical engineer working in a production facility, say automotive industry, with an experience of 3-4 years), a (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) I need to do a breakdown at some point, but it scares me. I've got somewhere in the 300-500k pieces rance, acquired over 2.5 years so far... Frank (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.general)
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